A Short History of the Roman Republic

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A Short History of the Roman Republic
William Emerton Heitland
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By another law (lex Sempronia de provinciis consula- ribus) Gracchus deprived the Senate of a means of putting pressure on consuls year after year. The Senate assigned the departments to the magistrates after each election. Some of these provinciae were far more desirable than others. By naming undesirable posts as reserved for the consuls of the coming year the Senate could keep the best things out of the reach of a 1 lex Acilia refetundarum. See 443 below.
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...l whom they wished to punish for contumacy. The new law wisely left the selection of 'consular' posts in the hands of the Senate, - but required it to be made in each year before the elections for next year were held, while it was still uncertain for whom the posts were being selected. The Senate was still able to leave a man in command as proconsul, by not assigning his province to a successor. Surely this moderate measure shews us the tribune at his very best : it was not mere playing to the mob, but a practical reform.

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